Can anyone recommend
Mon, 2006-05-15 17:13
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Can anyone recommend
...a good 'introduction to poetry' textbook. Preferably one that is engaging and easy to read and understand without oversimplifying or being patronising - probably about A level standard.
Should cover main aspects of poetry cover form, use of imagery etc and give examples and 'case studies'.
cheers
jude
justyn_thyme
I haven't read it, but Stephen Fry's Ode Less Travelled has received good reviews.
"You don't need the light of the Lord to read the handwriting on the wall." Copies of Warsaw Tales available through www.new-ink.org
fergal
Yes Stephen Fry's book is good - and not pretentious like many people would presume. Then again I'm biased as a self-confessed Fry-nut.
fergal
Ah, I think because he wrote The Liar I could forgive him anything.
fergal
Yes. I can understand why. The Twinings ads are something I put to the back of my mind, a bit like when a favourite uncle dances badly and suggestively at a wedding.